The Sex Advice Women Over 30 Would Give Their Younger Selves

I'm a sucker for the TV show Younger, where a 40-year-old mom pretends to be 26 so she can get her career on track post-divorce by gaming the ageist system. Despite the silly/absurd premise, it does highlight what older women can teach younger women about sex, relationships, careers and confidence — and vice versa.

There's a nagging fear of certain milestone ages voiced by women on the show that are based on IRL stereotypes we should obliterate ASAP — particularly when it comes to sex and relationships. 30 and 40 are frequently portrayed as deadlines for experimentation and partnering up, but in actuality, few things in life go according to plan. There's no age at which you should come into your own in the romance department, although there may be a point somewhere in each decade when you start to realize what you wish you had known in the previous one.

1. Maggie, 33

Go to sex parties, have threesomes, have one-night-stands, if you want. If you don't want, that's OK too. There's no set of sexual experiences everyone 'needs' to have. But if you're curious, try something.